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Month: December 2008

End of the year guest post: The return of Ian Mackenzie

Ian Mackenzie is the marketing director of Toronto’s Praxis Theatre, and has been a trailblazer in the theatre corner of … More

The passing of a wordsmith: RIP Harold Pinter 10/10/1930-12/24/2008

Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter passed away yesterday from cancer. He was 78. Some words from a legend: Good writing excites … More

harold pinter

The Next Stage loves you

If you can judge the success of a venture on the quality of those who take notice of it, the … More

City Council unanimously approves York Theatre protection!

Reprinted from the Georgia Straight: Vancouver City Council voted unanimously this morning to save the York Theatre, agreeing to a … More

the cultch, the york theatre

You know, there isn’t enough poetry about arts administration

First, dig this: Live Were Around Me is an intimate, guided tour for an audience of three, a site-specific, roving … More

battery opera, lives around me

The Cultch’s last stand to save The York, and how you can help

The Vancouver East Cultural Centre has been battling to save Commercial Drive’s historic York Theatre from demolition, thereby depriving Vancouver … More

the cultch, the york theatre

Today’s post will be hosted from Toronto

During a visit to China this past Summer I managed to fill a bunch of otherwise-blank space here on TNS … More

guest post

John Cleese on creativity

Boundaries of space, boundaries of time. It’s as simple as that. To know how good you are at something requires … More

creativity, john cleese, twitter

National Theatre marketing is hip like 1980

And I had planned on blogging all day today. London’s National Theatre is hosting Steppenwolf’s runaway hit August: Osage County … More

august: osage county, steppenwolf

PuSh Festival puts out call for volunteers

Whoa, immersed as I have been in our latest production, I totally forgot that the magnificent PuSh International Performing Arts … More

Why theatre will never die

After a brief absence to put his company on the rails, Matt Slaybaugh of Theatreforte returns to the theatre blogoshere … More

theatreforte

This one goes to eleven: Victoria Bidewell

Last week I dealt with my post-play post-partum by going to see somebody else’s work: In the Boom Boom Room, … More

theatre acting, victoria bidewell

The Art of the Business 11 – What??!? I need another photo shoot?

Last month, I wrote a post on the importance of having a good publicity photo. This month, I talk about … More

rebecca coleman

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